Adalbert, count of Metz
Adalhard, abbot of Corbie see alsoHincmar, De ordine palatii
Adalhard ‘the seneschal’
Addula, abbess of Pfalzel
Ælfgifu, wife of Eadwig
Ælfheah, ealdorman of Central Wessex
Ælfhere, ealdorman of Mercia
Ælfric
Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar
Æthelgifu, mother of Ælfgifu and Æthelweard
Æthelmaer, son of Æthelweard
Æthelred I, king of the West Saxons
Æthelred II, king of the English
Æthelstan, king of the English
biography of, see William of Malmesbury, ‘old book’ of
books of
childhood of
court of
education of
empire of
as intellectual
learning of
legal activity of
patronage of
translations
piety of
poems connected to
Psalter of (BL Cotton Galba A. xviii)
as reformer
succession of
titles of
Æthelstan Half-King, ealdorman of East Anglia
Æthelweard, ealdorman of the Western Shires
Chronicon
aims of
and Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
ethnic terminology of
genealogy in
manuscript of
omissions of
on pagans
structure of
style of
education of
family of
as intellectual
as layman
learning of
patronage of
piety of
political role of
as royal
Æthelwine, ealdorman of East Anglia
Æthelwold, son of Æthelred I
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester,
Benedictional of (BL Add. 49598)
Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons
Agobard, bishop of Lyons
Aistulf, Lombard wife-killer
Alcuin
De virtutibus et vitiis
letters of
Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne
De virginitate
Alfred the Great
agency of
as author see also Alfredian corpus
coinage of: see coinage
court of
education of
as educator
as exemplar
illness of
as intellectual
investiture of
on kingship see also Alfredian corpus, kingship in
law-code of
learning of
as reformer
self-presentation of
as translator
will of see also courts
Alfredian corpus
audience of
compositional methods of
dialect of
influences on
kingship in
lordship in
style of
use of personae in see also Alfred, law-code of; Augustine, Soliloquia; Boethius; Gregory the Great, Regula pastoralis; Psalms, OE translation of
Amalarius, bishop of Metz
Ambrose, bishop of Milan
Ambrosius Autpertus
Angelbert, poet
Angilbert, abbot of St Riquier
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle see also Æthelweard
Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg
arms and armour
Arnulf, bishop of Metz
Arnulf I, count of Flanders
asceticism see also ethos, noble
Ashburnham Pentateuch (Paris BN Nouv. acq. lat. 2334)
assemblies see also Hincmar, De ordine palatii
Asser, bishop of Sherborne
as biographer
Life of King Alfred
education in
Astronomer
as biographer
audiences: see Alfredian corpus, audience of; courts as audiences; Dhuoda, Liber manualis; literacy; Nithard, Histories; translation, audience for
Augustine, bishop of Hippo
City of God
De videndo Deo
Enchiridion
Old English translation of Soliloquia
‘Augustinus’
‘Gesceadwisnes/Reason’
personae of
testimony and authority in
Augustine Gospels (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 286)
authorship
anonymity and
meaning of
post-structuralism and
royal see alsoÆthelweard; Alfred; Nithard see also laypeople as authors
Bale, John
Basil, bishop of Caesarea
Bateley, Janet
Bede
Historia Ecclesiastica
OE translation of Historia Ecclesiastica
Benedict of Aniane
Benedict the Irishman
Bernard, king of Italy
Bernard of Septimania see also Dhuoda
Bernard, son of Gisla
biography see alsoAsser, Life of King Alfred; Astronomer; Einhard, Vita Karoli; Thegan, Gesta Hludowici imperatoris
Boethius
OE translation of Consolatio philosophiae
‘Boethius’
‘Mod/Mind’
personae of
‘Wisdom’
Boniface, archbishop of Mainz
capitularies
of Charlemagne
of Louis the Pious
Carolingian dynasty
conflicts within see also Charles the Bald, family relations of; Lothar I, family relations of; Louis the Pious, family relations of
‘Carolingian Renaissance’
influence on England see also reform
Cathedra Petri, see Charles the Bald, throne of
Cerdic, king of the West Saxons
chaplains
Charlemagne
court of
as intellectual
learning of
Nithard’s attitude to
patronage of
piety of
as reformer see also Einhard, Vita Karoli
Charles the Bald, king of the West Franks
books of
court of
education of
as emperor
family relations of
images of
and Ivory of the Pericopes
learning of
as lord
marriage of
Nithard’s attitude to
Prayerbook of
throne of
charters
Christianisation
of warfare see also miles Christi, ethos, noble; paganism; reform
Cicero
Clement the Irishman
Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek clm. 14000)
coinage
confraternity books
conversatio see ethos, noble
counts see also ealdormen
courts
as audiences
as intellectual centres
moral role of see also Æthelstan; Alfred; Charlemagne; Charles the Bald; Louis the Pious
crises see also Carolingian dynasty, conflicts within; Vikings; West Saxon royal dynasty, conflicts within
Cross, devotion to: see alsoHrabanus Maurus, De laudibus sancti crucis
crucifixion see also Ivory of the Pericopes
Cynewulf
Cysoing
demons
Desiderius, bishop of Cahors
Dhuoda
books of
claims to authority of
as courtier
family of
as intellectual
learning of
Liber manualis
audience of
manuscripts
structure of
as mother
piety of
on social duties,
as spiritual mother
as wife see also Bernard of Septimania
Drogo, bishop of Metz
Drogo Gospelbook (Paris BN lat. 9383)
Drogo Sacramentary (Paris BN lat. 9428)
Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury
Eadwig, king of the English
ealdormen see also counts
Eberhard, margrave of Friuli
autograph of
books of
education of
family of see also Gisela; Unruoch
as Frank
and Gottschalk
learning of
military role of
patronage of
piety of
will of Eberhard and Gisela
Ebo, archbishop of Rheims
Eccard, count of Mâcon
Ecgberht, king of the West Saxons
Edgar, king of the English
Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia
Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons
Edward the Martyr, king of England
Einhard
as abbot
as biographer
as layman
letters of
piety of
sense of sinfulness of
Translatio et Miracula SS. Marcellini et Petri
Vita Karoli
as mirror for princes
Ephrem the Syrian
epic
Eric, margrave of Friuli see also Paulinus, Liber exhortationis
Ermengard, wife of Lothar I
Ermentrude, wife of Charles the Bald
Ermoldus Nigellus
estate management
ethos, noble
failure to live up to
and gender
honour
lay response to
lay role in creation of see also Æthelweard; Alfred; Alfredian corpus; Dhuoda; Nithard
noblemen as exemplars see also Alfred; Gerald of Aurillac
noblewomen as exemplars see also Liutberga
official duties see also counts; ealdormen; ministerium
personal morality see also asceticism; good works
sources for see also arms and armour; laypeople; mirrors for laity; nobility, military role of; reform; virtues and vices
Eucharist see also ivory of the Pericopes
families see also marriage; Carolingian dynasty; Dhuoda; marriage; mothers; West Saxon royal dynasty
florilegia
Fontenoy, battle of
Fortune
Foucault, Michel: see authorship, post-structuralism and
Frankishness
Friuli
Fulda
genealogies see also Æthelweard, Chronicon
Gerald, count of Aurillac
Germanus, bishop of Paris
Gisela, wife of Eberhard of Friuli see alsoEberhard
Gisla
family of
patronage of
Godden, Malcolm
godparenthood
good works
Gospels, OE translation of
Gottschalk of Orbais
Greek, knowledge of
Gregory, bishop of Utrecht
Gregory the Great, pope
OE translation of Dialogues
OE translation of Regula pastoralis
Regula pastoralis
Guy see Wido
hagiography see also Gerald of Aurillac; sanctity; Vita Liutbirgae virginis
Halitgar, bishop of Cambrai
Hartgar, bishop of Liège
Heiric of Friuli see Eric of Friuli
heresy
Hibernicus Exul
hierarchy, ideas of
Hildegard, daughter of Louis the Pious
Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne
Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims
Annales Bertiniani
De cavendis vitiis
De ordine palatii
on kingship
letters of
history, writing of
honour see ethos, noble
Hrabanus Maurus, archbishop of Mainz
adaptation of Vegetius
De laudibus sancti crucis
and Gottschalk
letters of
sermons of
intellectuals
laypeople as intellectuals see also Æthelstan; Æthelweard; Alfred; Charlemagne; Nithard
types of
women as intellectuals see also Dhuoda; public life
Isidore, bishop of Seville
Etymologiae
Israel of Trier
ivories see alsoParis Psalter
ivory of the Pericopes, the
connection to Charles the Bald
doctrines expressed by
crucifixion
Eucharist
iconography of
angels
crucified Christ
Ecclesia
Longinus
Oceanus
parallels to
snakes
Stephaton
Tellus
Temple
Terra
originality of
Jerome
John Scottus Eriugena
John the Old Saxon
Jonas, bishop of Orléans
De institutione laicali
Judith, wife of Louis the Pious
justice see alsolaw
Khludov Psalter (Moscow Historical Museum, cod. 129)
kingship
iconography of see also Alfredian corpus; Charles the Bald; Hincmar; lordship; mirrors for princes; Tellus
knighthood see arms and armour; miles Christi; nobility, military role of
Laon
law see also Æthelstan, legal activity of; justice
law-codes
of Æthelstan see Æthelstan, legal activity of
of Alfred see Alfred
laypeople
as abbots
attitudes to clerics see also chaplains
as authors
book ownership of see also Æthelstan; Charles the Bald; Dhuoda; Eberhard
clerical attitudes to
education of laymen
education of laywomen
lay/clerical distinctions see also Æthelweard; Einhard; Nithard
literacy of see literacy
patronage of see also Æthelstan; Æthelweard; Charlemagne; Eberhard; Gisla
ethos, noble; intellectuals; piety, layLeo III, pope
Leo IV, pope
life-cycles
of kings
of noblemen see also youth
Lindau Gospels (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M.1)
literacy
of laymen
of laywomen
meaning of
and orality see also vernacular
liturgy see alsoEucharist; prayer
Liudger, bishop of Münster
Liutberga
authority of
childhood of
as educator
education of
as exemplar
as recluse
skills of
social status of
work of
Liutward, bishop of Vercelli
lordship see alsoAlfredian corpus; Charles the Bald; Lothar I
Lothar I, emperor of the Franks
family relations of
as lord
Nithard’s attitude to
Louis the German, king of the East Franks
Louis the Pious, emperor of the Franks,
court of
family relations of see also Judith
as miles Christi
Nithard’s attitude to
as reformer
Louis II
loyalty see alsolordship
Lupus of Ferrières
MacDurnan Gospels (London, Lambeth 1370)
Malmesbury
manuscripts
Boulogne
Bibliothèque municipale, 82
Cambridge
Corpus Christi College 183
Corpus Christi College 448
Trinity College B.16. 3
Trinity College R 15.14 pt. 1 see also Augustine Gospels
Chicago
Newberry Library, MSS Fragments no. 15
Florence see Rabbula Gospels
London
BL, Add. 40618
BL, Cotton Claudius B.v
BL, Cotton Cleopatra A.iii
BL, Cotton Otho B.ix
BL, Cotton Tiberius A.ii
BL, Cotton Titus D.xviii
BL, Cotton Titus D.xxvii
BL, Cotton Vespasian B.vi
BL, Harley 647
BL, Royal 1. A. xviii
BL, Royal 1. E. vi
BL, Royal 7. D. xxiv
BL, Royal 17.A
Lambeth 208 see also Æthelstan, Psalter of; Æthelwold, Benedictional of
MacDurnan Gospels
Moscow see Khludov Psalter
Munich see Codex Aureus of St Emmeram; Ivory of the Pericopes; Charles the Bald, Prayerbook of
New York see Lindau Gospels
Oxford
Bodleian Library, Junius 27
Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B. 484
Bodleian Library, Rawlinson C. 697
Corpus Christi College 221
Paris
BN lat.12949 see also Ashburnham Pentateuch; Drogo Gospelbook; Drogo Sacramentary; Paris Psalter; Paris Sacramentary
Rome see San Paolo Bible
St Petersburg
Russian National Library, cod. lat. Oct. v.I.5
Utrecht see Utrecht Psalter
Vatican City
Biblioteca Apostolica, reg. lat. 11
Worcester
Cathedral Library, Q.5
marriage
royal see also families
Martin, archbishop of Braga
masculinity see alsoethos,noble; life-cycle
Matfrid, count of Orléans
Matilda, abbess of Essen
Michelstadt
miles Christi see also Louis the Pious as miles Christi
ministerium
mirrors
for laity see also Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis; Dhuoda, Liber manualis; Jonas of Orléans, De institutione laicali; Paulinus of Aquileia, Liber exhortationis
for princes see also Hincmar on kingship
mothers
authority of
as educators
spiritual see also Dhuoda
Nithard
as abbot
attitude to Charlemagne
attitude to Charles the Bald
attitude to Lothar
attitude to Louis the Pious
bias of
family of
Histories
audience of
as intellectual
as layman
pessimism of
as social critic
nobility
definitions of
ethos of see ethos, noble
military role of see also miles Christi
political role of see also Æthelweard; counts; ealdormen
social mobility of
structure of see also families; hierarchy, ideas of; laypeople; sanctity, noble; women, role in noble society
Noting, bishop of Verona
Notker the Stammerer
nutritor
Oda, archbishop of Canterbury
Odo of Cluny see Gerald of Aurillac
Orosius
OE translation of Historiae adversus paganos
Otgar, archbishop of Mainz
Ottonian dynasty
Ovid
paganism see alsoÆthelweard, Chronicon; Christianisation; Tellus; Vikings
Paris Psalter (Paris BN lat.1152)
Paris Sacramentary (Paris BN lat.1141)
Paschasius Radbertus
Paschal I, pope
Patrick, Saint
patronage see Æthelstan; Æthelweard; Charlemagne; Eberhard; Gisla; laypeople, patronage of; nutritor; women, patronage of
Paul the Deacon
Paulinus, patriarch of Aquileia
Liber exhortationis
Paulinus, bishop of Nola
penance
Pericopes of Henry II (Munich Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, clm. 4452) see ivory of the Pericopes
Petrus, chaplain of Æthelstan
physiognomy
piety
lay see also Æthelstan; Æthelweard; Charlemagne; Dhuoda; Eberhard; Einhard; ethos, noble; prayer; salvation; sanctity; sinfulness
Pippin, son of Bernard of Italy
poetry
Old English
Latin see also Æthelstan, poems connected to
post-structuralism see authorship, post-structuralism and
prayer
prayer books see also Charles the Bald, Prayerbook of; see also psalms; psalters
predestination
Prosper of Aquitaine
prudentia see wisdom
Prudentius
psalms
OE translation of
reciting of
psalters see alsoÆthelstan, Psalter of; Khludov Psalter; Paris Psalter; Utrecht Psalter
public life, ideas of
Quinity
Rabbula Gospels (Florence, Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana Cod. Pluteus
Rather, bishop of Verona
reform
Benedictine
Carolingian see also Æthelstan; Alfred; Charlemagne; ethos, noble; Louis the Pious
Regino of Prüm
Reichenau
relics see alsoCross; Einhard, Translatio et Miracula SS. Marcellini et Petri
Rigrannus, Frankish noble
St Bavo, Ghent
St-Bertin
St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street
St Peter, Salzburg
St Riquier
St Servatius, Maastricht
salvation see alsopredestination; sinfulness
sanctity
noble
secular see also ethos, noble; Gerald of Aurillac
San Paolo Bible
San Salvatore, Brescia
sapientia seewisdom
Sceaf, ancestor of Æthelwulf
scientia see wisdom
Sedulius
Sedulius Scottus
Seligenstadt
sermons
sinfulness
Smaragdus
Strasbourg oaths
Suetonius
Sulpicius Severus
Tellus, ‘Great Mother’ goddess see also ivory of the Pericopes
Thegan
as biographer
on Ebo
Gesta Hludowici imperatoris
Theodore of Tarsus, archbishop of Canterbury
Theodulf, bishop of Orléans
Translatio Sancti Calixti
translation
audience for see also Æthelweard, Chronicon; Alfred; Alfredian corpus; Gospels, OE translation of
Unruoch, father of Eberhard of Friuli
Unruoch, son of Eberhard of Friuli
Utrecht Psalter (Utrecht, University Library, MS 32)
Varro
Vegetius
Venantius Fortunatus
vernacular see alsoAlfredian corpus; Strasbourg oaths; translation
Vikings
Virgil
virtues and vices see also Alcuin, De virtutibus et vitiis
visions
Vita Liutbirgae virginis
author of
reliability of
Wærferth, bishop of Worcester see alsoGregory the Great, OE translation of Dialogues
Waltharius
warfare see Christianisation of warfare; miles Christi; nobility, military role of; Vegetius
West Saxon royal dynasty
conflicts within
Wido, count of Breton march
Widukind of Corvey
Willehad, bishop of Bremen
William, count of Gellone see also Dhuoda
William of Malmesbury,
‘old book’ of
Williams, Raymond
wills
of Alfred
of Charlemagne
of Eberhard and Gisela
wisdom
prudentia
sapientia
scientia see also Boethius, OE translation of Consolatio philosophiae
Witger, author of Genealogia Arnulfi Comitis
women
education of: seelaypeople, education of laywomen
as educators see also Liutberga; mothers as educators
estate management by
as exemplars seeethos, noble; Liutberga
group activities of
as intellectuals see intellectuals
learning of see also Dhuoda
literacy of see literacy
patronage of see also Gisla
religious see also Liutberga; Matilda
role in noble society
royal see also Ælfgifu; Ælfthryth; Ermengard; Ermentrude; Hildegard; Judith
singing of
textile work by see also mothers
Wormald, Patrick
Wulfad, bishop of Bourges
Wulfstan, archbishop of York
Wulfstan Cantor
youth see alsolife-cycles; Æthelstan, childhood of; Liutberga, childhood of
Zachary, pope